Menopause
Non-urgent advice: HRT Prepayment Certificates
Good news! The huge cost of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) for women has finally been recognised by the government, and from 1st April, women can apply for a pre-payment certificate to cover their HRT products for a year. This will cost £19.30 for the year.
Your HRT prescription needs to be kept separate from your other prescriptions in order to honour this certificate, but your prescriber will sort this for you!
To apply visit this website:
I can’t have/don’t want HRT. What can help me through my menopause?
Lots of women for various reasons choose not to have HRT, or cannot have it due to an underlying health condition personally or in their family.
So what can you do to help yourself through the menopause?
This article talks about the alternative options:
https://patient.info/womens-health/menopause/alternatives-to-hrt
This link tells you about non hormonal prescribed alternatives to HRT: https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/prescribed.php
These links tell you about lifestyle options and herbal preparations or “natural” options. NB. “natural” doesn’t always mean safe!
https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/otherpreps.php
https://rockmymenopause.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RMM_Alternatives-to-HRT.pdf
Other things you can do to maintain your health in the perimenopause:
Thanks to Dr Rachel Barnes for collating this information.